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Transcending is coming in contact with our true self…and redefining who we really are
There are plenty of examples on this website of the profound changes that the experience of transcending can create (see here for a short overview of the most spectacular effects of TM). The question may come, however, how a simple relaxation technique can cause such profound effects on all areas of life, especially since other meditation and relaxation techniques don't appear to have nearly the same effects? There must be something about the experience of transcending that is far more profound than simple relaxation. On this page we investigate what transcending really is.
There are many theories about who we are, about the nature of consciousness. Now it seems that the oldest theory of them all appears to be the right one. The ancient vedic texts, described how consciousness is a field, something that permeates everything in Nature, and connects everything with everything else, but that somehow gets an individual expression of consciousness through a human body. At the source of our thoughts we are intimately connected to everone and everything around us, and when we transcend we have a direct experience of this connection.
You can see what's below as a theory that you don't need to agree with, or even read, to have effects from your TM practice. TM is a scientific natural technique that doesn't require any beliefs or intellectual understanding. We don't need this theory to practice TM, but we do need it to be able to explain why transcending, and only transcending, has such remarkable effects on all areas of life.
What is our "true self"? Who are we?
Most scientists today think that consciousness is the result of all kinds of electrical processes in our brain. Just like millions of switches in the processor chip of a computer work together to create the experience of the software, so there are millions of electrical and chemical processes in our brain which, all together, create the experience of our consciousness.
We are, in their view, some kind of very sophisticated robots, nothing more, nothing no less.
The computer analogy actually sounds logical, because it does seem to match our experience perfectly. We all know that when we put our computer in sleep mode, the software will stop working (sleep). If some parts of the computer's hardware aren't functioning properly, this has a clear influence on the quality of the software (brain damage). And if the hardware is broken, then it's "game over" (death).
The fact that medical sciences have in recent years evolved to the point where they can explain precisely how specific functions of the brain can bring about specific experiences only strengthens this viewpoint. It seems to leave no other possibility: the hardware creates the software.
But still, in our hearts we know and feel that we are not just walking machines. Robot's don't have warmth, creativity, feelings, love. It's exactly all these qualities that make us human, different from machines.
For thousands of years we have felt a conflict between what our minds tell us and what our hearts tell us, but the answer has been there all along.
And so there's a conflict. Our intellect tells us one thing, our hearts something else. This conflict has been going on for thousands of years, ever since the days of the early greek philosophers.
But the answer has been with us since the beginning of time, we only have to change our perspective a little. It is possible to be both closely linked to our bodies, like software to the hardware of a computer, and still be more than purely mechanical beings. What if we use another analogy to describe the functioning of the human nervous system, not like a computer, but like a radio.
Imagine that someone doesn't know how a radio works, then what does he see? If he turns off the radio, the music stops playing. If he starts messing around with the hardware of the radio, then this will have a clear influence on the quality of the music, and if he breaks the hardware completely, there is no more music.
Someone who doesn't know better would be convinced that the music is being created by the radio itself, in the same way hardware creates software.
But of course we do know better. A radio is just a complex device that allows us to give a local expression to a vibration on a field, a field that is much bigger than the physical boundaries of the radio itself. We also know that this field is also able to generate different kinds of music at the same time, by vibrating at different frequencies: 97.5 FM: Classical – 101.3 FM: rock – 105.6 FM: dance etc.
Likewise we could compare human consciousness to a wave on the ocean. There is one ocean that rises into different waves simultaneously. Each wave is unique, different than the other waves, but they are still a part of the same ocean. Each human body is then more or less like a radio, tuned into a specific unique frequency so each and every one of us has their own personal music, our thoughts.
We see that this analogy does not conflict with all the discoveries of our modern medical sciences. Just like the music is still linked to the functioning of the radio, so is our consciousness still linked to our brains. Yet at the same time this analogy allows us to paint a much broader picture of our true nature.
If we are all connected to each other, why can't we experience this? Actually we do, all of us, every single day.
In essence this hypothesis means that we are all connected to each other at the source of our mind. But then the logical question is: "if we really are connected to each other, why can't we feel this?" Actually we do feel this, everyone of us. When there's an appeal to donate some money to help people at the other side of the world survive after a natural disaster has struck, a lot of us do want to help. Why should we? A robot wouldn't bother. But we do, because we're not robots. We're humans, and to be human means to feel connected to other human beings.
Love is exactly how we experience that connection. That is what love is, a feeling of feeling connected to others.
The problem is that we only use a very limited part of our mental potential, and as such this experience of love (and all other aspects of life) is very limited. The part that is described by modern psychology as the "conscious mind" could be compared to only the top part of the wave. Everything else is hidden in our "subconsciousness". It's there, but we are unable to consciously experience it. At its base, in the deepest part of our subconsciousness, the wave merges with the ocean, the level at which we all are connected, or what Carl Jung described as the "collective unconscious".
Why do we only use a small part of our mental potential? Because we forgot how train the mind to use more.
But why are we unable to experience these deeper levels of our mind? Because we forgot how we can train the mind, and the brain to experience these. Our mind works like a muscle, when we train it, it grows, if we don't train it, it weakens. When our attention is focused outward, focused on one particular point of attention, then it is like we only enliven the top local part of the wave. When we go through live only keeping our attention there, this will be the only area of our mind that we consciously develop. All the rest stays hidden.
What happens during TM practice? The mind naturally starts to experience finer levels of thoughts, and it is as if the wave sinks into the ocean, until we transcend (= go beyond) the finest stage of thought and come into a state of pure being. The wave merges completely with the ocean and we will have a conscious experience of the ocean itself, a conscious experience of our true, unlimited nature. The wave will return afterwards, but the qualities of our true nature will to some extend remain in our mind. A memory of our true nature will remain. Through regular repetition of this experience we start to develop our full mental potential.
Through this analogy we can start to understand from yet another perspective why the experience of transcending can only be reached in a completely effortless and natural way. If we make an effort, as we do with almost any concentration techniques, we really only keep the mind active. And as long as the mind is active, the wave will remain in its individual wave form. Only a completely silent wave will merge with the ocean. This is why the fact that TM is completely natural and effortless is not just a nice-to-have, but is the essence of its effectiveness.
The more we transcend, the stronger the memory remains, and the more our true nature is noticeable in our everyday acts. All spectacular improvements that one would have noticed with TM in almost all areas of life, are a result of this. This is the difference between normal relaxation and real transcendence.
All the research on the TM technique is really research that shows us:
1. How remarkable the power of the body is to heal itself, and
2. What our true nature is.
Qualities of the ocean: unity
We can describe the qualities of the ocean, this field of consciousness and the source of life, in different ways, but ultimately it all comes down to the same quality, namely unity.
These days it is very popular in new age literature to describe concepts of how we all are connected to each other, but what most people don't realise is that unity today is becoming much more of a scientific reality. The latest discoveries in physics indicate a reality of a universal field of consciousness that lies at the origin of our full material universe. see unity, a scientific reality?
By individually analysing these qualities of unity we not only obtain a much clearer image of why Transcendental Meditation has such exceptional effects, but it also helps us to better understand our own human qualities.
Unity = Life: creativity, intelligence, self-consciousness
The latest discoveries in physics show an image of a universe in which life isn't something that just happens to walk around here and there in an otherwise dead material world. Rather it shows that life is something universal, a universal field of consciousness. Life, which is intelligence, creativity and consciousness is everywhere in Nature, and human nature is a part of Nature. Human life exists because the human body functions like a radio, and is able to give individual expression to this field.
If we look at it from a purely logical perspective the computer analogy actually never made sense. A collection of dead material little balls, like atoms in computerchips, no matter how many there are together, will never create life. But life, with it's qualities of intelligence and creativity, can perfectly create material things. Just look at any sculptor.
By transcending we get back in touch with the source of the life. TM practitioners feel more alive, healthier, and become more self-aware, (see transcending = being yourself) and become more intelligent and creative.
Unity = pure positivity: Growth, evolution, happiness, peace
In our daily life we speak of opposite values, everything is relative to something else: warm-cold, light-dark, love-hate, positive-negative, ups and downs. At the level of unity these contradictions disappear and only one quality remains, which the ancient texts described as pure positivity. We can observe this quality in nature through the fact that everything is always growing and evolving to a better state. We can observe this quality in ourselves when we feel happy. Happiness is an expression of our true (positive) nature. Unity is also linked to peace. When all contradictions disappear, so do all conflicts, so that only peace can remain.
The first thing that TM practitioners usually experience is a deeper state of inner peace and happiness. (This can be measured objectively through the increase of the happiness hormone serotonine in the brain during TM practice). In the long term this state of inner happiness and peace will remain outside of the meditation, when the experience becomes more and more ingrained in our personality.
"Don't fight the darkness, just turn the light on" Maharishi
By enlivening positivity in our consciousness, negativity will disappear. Stress will disappear, negative thoughts, depression and fear disappear, just like the darkness that automatically disappears when the light is switched on. It's really that simple.
Unity is being connected: love
Love is the feeling of feeling connected to someone else. On a superficial level in our daily life we only feel this connection to a limited extent, with a small group of people to whom we're very close, our partners, family, friends, etc. At the source of our mind, the ocean, we are connected to everyone. Sometimes we experience this. When we indeed send money to people at the other side of the world in order to help them after a natural disaster, for example. These are people that we have never met, with whom we have no physical connection whatsoever. And yet we feel connected, we still want to help. Because we are connected..
TM practitioners that regularly experience this reality will feel these qualities grow. They become more loving in their relationships, start treating other people better, feel a stronger connection to nature etc.
Unity = Omniscience
At the level of our everyday life we only have limited knowledge of what happens in our direct environment, things we can observe with our senses and analyze with our intellect. At the level of the ocean we speak of a reality in which everything is connected, and where information is available about everything. Most people sense that they subconsciously know a lot more than what is only in their conscious mind. Sometimes impulses from within that level reach our conscious mind, which we percieve as intuition, a gut feeling that we know more than our intellect is able to tell us. Some people have more talent for intuitive matters than others, just like how some people have more talent for a sport or for playing the piano. They have just developed an ability that is innate to everyone.
TM practitioners do not only experience their intuition improving, but even getting the right thought at the right time, as if a super computer exists that is able to calculate all outcomes of all possible thoughts and then, in line with its purely positive nature, creates the thought that will have the most positive effect, both for the individual and his surroundings.
A good example of spontaneously getting the right thought comes from the students of the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment in the United States. This is a small school on Iowa, where children practice Transcendental Meditation throughout primary and secondary school. These students have won the world championships in Destination Imagination's creative problem solves 4 times already (a series of competitions in which every year 100.000 of the world's most creative children take part). No other school in the world has been able to replicate this. They just have the right creative solution at the right time. This extraordinary success is one of the reasons why more and more governments support TM in education.
Unity = Infinite organising power
At the level of the ocean everything is created from within the ocean. At this level we speak of omnipotence, or an infinite organising power. Individuals have the ability to create, not only with their hands, but even at the level of their own consciousness. In New Age literature these days there is a lot of mention of positive thinking, visualisations and affirmations. When we focus on positive things, we notice that our environment becomes more effectively positive and supportive, is how the theory goes.
In practice this only works for some people, while for most it will take a long time before they really notice any effect, because we try to create an influence from the most superficial part of our conscious mind.
It's a bit like throwing a stone into a lake from a far distance. You can only throw a small stone, and the waves that you're able to create (the influence that you can create) aren't very big, hardly noticeable. By practicing TM we start to learn how to use a larger part of our mental potential, and it's like we're getting closer to the lake. We are now able to throw bigger stones, with bigger effects.
TM practitioners will notice in time that not only will they get the right thought spontaneously, but they will also get more support from their environment for a successful outcome of that thought. In religious terms one could say that it's like "God's will" supports the thought, and everything is organised to make the thought of wish happen. This is why TM practitioners generally have more success, both personally and professionally.
Studies in Norway for example have observed that the difference between people who are extremely successful and normal people is directly linked to how coherent the brain works as a whole (a way to objectively measure how transcendent our consciousness is integrated into everyday life). The difference between normal managers and top managers, and normal athletes and world-class athletes, is in the brain. (see developing brain potential)
Unity, measurable in the brain
All these concepts may sound very abstract and may seem far from practical daily life, but with modern technology we can see the practical effects immediately. Through EEG coherence measurements, we can see in real time how our brain gets more interconnected, and start to function more as one unified whole. EEG coherence has been linked to decreased ADHD, impulsivity, neurotism and emotional instability, and increased ethical behaviour (more love), intelligence, creativity. It has also been linked to improved learning ability, faster reflexes, better academic results etc. Everything that makes human life so special appears to improve when our brains start to function more as one unified whole. And transcending is the most powerful method ever researched to create this more unified functioning.
Unity = Invincibility
Transcending has an effect in all areas of life, and all at the same time, because it brings us in contact with the source of all life. This is confirmed in more than 600 researches and 350 publications around TM. But all these improvements are only side effects of a total new state that grows within our consciousness, a state that Maharishi liked to describe with the word "invincibility".
In this state our inner peace and happiness are invincible, nothing and no one can disturb it. In this state we have invincible self-awareness, we will always remain ourselves, whatever happens. In this state we have invincible creative potential. There is no problem to which we can find no solution (a bit like the students of the Maharishi school, they aren't fully invincible, they haven't yet won every world championship, but more than any other school in the world). In this state we feel invincible connectedness, a love for others that can not be overshadowed by anything or anyone.
The message that Maharishi has brought from the beginning was that that it's a birth right for everyone to experience this state. This is the real life. We just have to learn how to get back in touch with its source.
"I call my method meditation, but it is, in fact, a technique of self-exploration; it enables a man to dive into the innermost reaches of his being, in which dwell the essence of life and the source of all wisdom, all creativity, all peace, and all happiness…The word meditation is not new, nor are the benefits of meditation new…But for centuries the technique of meditation of this kind has been forgotten. This is why man suffers, or seems to suffer."
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi


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A few more videos that I shot last Monday at the Winter Development Program.
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Videos: Castellanos, Federowicz & Gordon @ Winter Development Program
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- 714 DODGER said...
WoW! Castellanos hit pretty good!
even under pressure aka Tommy Lasorda! LoL
- January 13, 2012 at 12:46 PM
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Nina Cutro-Kelly at the podium in Lanester, France.
Nina Cutro-Kelly today won four matches in her senior division to take the second gold medal for a team of U.S. athletes at a tournament in Lanester, France this weekend.
Cutro-Kelly, 78+ kg, hails from Universal Judo in San Antonio, TX. The team was led by Jim Hrbek, head coach of Universal and USA Judo's chairman of the Junior Athlete Performance Committee.
Taking silver today in Lanester was Chantal Wright who went 3-1 for the day in the 63 kg division. That brought the totals to two gold, two silver, two bronze and a fifth place for the weekend.
Placing yesterday in Lanester were:
Kyle Wright, who won all four of his matches by ippon to take the top spot on the podium in the 73 kg division in the cadet age group. He also won a Best Technique Award for the two-day tournament.
Taking silver was Caleb Andreu, (Bushido Judo School, N.C.). Leon Simakhov, 34 kg (Georgian Wrestling School, Brooklyn, NY) and Madison Montgomery, 57 kg (Ruben Martin Judo Training Center, Burleson, TX) each went 3-1 to take bronze medals.
Cadet Rachael Butler, 63 kg (Tri-Valley Judo, Pleasanton, CA) placed fifth in her division with a 3-2 record for the day.


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Cy Vance being yelled down outside NYU Law for what he really is in my opinion a corrupt misogynist DA.
When I yelled down Cy Vance on his misogyny I did not know yet about the intern in his office and also about Jeffrey Epstein that he would have an ADA asked to lower Jeffrey Epstein sex predator status.
Title 18.subsection 242.conspiring of rights.which is a felony that can land that detective behind bars for ten years. I was sent this -- is this applicable to Det John Vergona and his partner, Det Andy Dwyer his partner, supervisor Lt Angelos Burgos, supervisor Sgt Chen and all involved including in Internal Affairs?
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I recently beat the Japanese versions of Actraiser and Actraiser 2. I chose the Japanese version for the first game because I read on the internet it's more challenging (plus the usual story of uncensored sprites and "adult" themes and so on). There's some good information about the differences here, namely that in the Japanese version, spikes kill instantly, magic spells cost variable amounts of MP and not just 1MP like in the overseas versions, more enemies, and so on. However, the sim parts are actually a little harder in the overseas versions (for example, the cherub's health doesn't regenerate as quickly), but the sim parts are so easy that it doesn't really matter.
However, I couldn't find much information about the differences between the various versions of Actraiser 2, so I went with the Japanese version. Only afterwards with deeper research did I find that the American version was made harder. I did some testing between the two versions by playing the Tortoise Island level on all the difficulties, and here's what I found (plus some other information I gleaned from the internet):
In both versions (in my testing, the HP and damage appeared to be the same in the Japanese and American versions):
Easy: lower enemy HP, lower enemy attack damage
Normal: normal enemy HP, normal enemy attack damage
Hard: higher enemy HP, higher enemy attack damage
American version:
Easy: 5 lives, 5MP; game ends after the first boss rush against the level mini-bosses, where you are told, "Congratulation! Challenge Normal game!"
Normal: 3 lives, 3MP; game ends after fight with Satan
Hard: 2 lives, 3MP; game ends after fight with Satan, but ending animation is slightly better (ends with a pretty picture instead of a black background)
Japanese version:
Easy: 7 lives, 3MP
Normal: 5 lives, 3MP; game ends after fight with Satan, with "good" ending animation; I don't know if this is true for Easy and Hard as well
Hard: 3 lives, 3MP, plus I noticed one of the power-up containers found halfway through the level was removed (I didn't see this in any other scenario)
I barely used magic and beat the Japanese version on normal with a decent amount of challenge, but I think the challenge on Normal in the American version would be more interesting. I found the enemies take far too long to kill in the Hard difficulties, which is more annoying than challenging. If anyone knows of any other differences, please let me know.


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Pettibones to Host Wine Tasting
Join the Buffalo Bisons and your fellow Western New York wine lovers for what will be a great afternoon at the ballpark. On Saturday, February 6, Pettibones Grille Restaurant is hosting "Herd through the Grapevine," brought to you by Valvoline Instant Oil Change.
It all starts at 1pm on Saturday, February 6 and the first 250 guests will also receive a complimentary gift, courtesy of Valvoline Instant Oil Change.
Get ready to sample the very best from the Chautauqua Wine Trail, the Niagara Wine Trail and throughout the Finger Lakes region. From 1 pm – 5pm, you'll be able to test over 40 different variations: From dry to sweet, we'll have it all!
Wineries in attendance include Freedom Run Winery, Glenora Wine Cellars, Knapp Winery and Vineyard Restaurant, Leonard Oakes Estate Winery, Niagara Landing Wine Cellars, and Schulze Vineyards and Winery.


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The ASA recently sent out an email asking its members to contact their representatives in congress to urge them to avoid the 8.2% cuts to NIH, NSF, and federal statistical agencies. I had been meaning to do this, but felt that the ASA letter template was too long. Here is the edited version that I sent to Rep. Blackburn, Sen. Alexander, and Sen. Corker:
I am writing to urge you to help avoid the pending 8.2% budget cuts to the NIH, NSF, and federal statistical agencies. I feel that these cuts would be very harmful to the U.S. research infrastructure. These cuts are certain to cause talented young scientists to be driven from research by the disruption to their training and lack of jobs. Funding for research is not the cause of the nation's debt, and slashing research budgets will compromise our future. In closing, I respectfully request that you work with your colleagues to stop these pending budget cuts from taking effect in January.
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I am writing to urge you to work with your fellow members of Congress and the president to ensure the pending across-the-board budget cuts do not take effect. The 8.2% budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the federal statistical agencies would be very harmful to the U.S. research and statistical data infrastructure.
The cuts to NSF and NIH would mean fewer grants at a time when a high proportion of highly rated proposals already go unfunded. This will affect all areas of research and prevent critical projects from being completed. Labs may be forced to close, resulting in layoffs of tens of thousands of researchers. It will take generations to recover the lost talent, as highly trained and dedicated young scientists and engineers will be driven from science by the disruption to their training and lack of jobs. The damage to our nation's health, security, and international competitiveness will be devastating.
The cuts to the statistical agencies could affect our decision making and ultimately cost the taxpayer more money. Data from the federal statistical agencies facilitate i) economic growth and development, ii) smart and efficient government, and iii) the saving of taxpayer money. As an example of the third point, extensive research, testing, and planning are under way now for the 2020 Decennial Census. The GAO has said that, unless major design changes are made, the 2020 Decennial Census could cost the American taxpayer $17 billion more than the 2010 Census. Reducing the U.S. Census Bureau budget could therefore undermine the critical 2020 Decennial Census cost-cutting work now being done.
Funding for research and statistical data is not the cause of the nation's debt, and slashing research budgets will compromise our future. In closing, I respectfully request that you work with your colleagues to stop the pending across-the-board budget cuts from taking effect in January. Federal investment is essential to fund the kind of critical research needed to develop new treatments for debilitating and costly illnesses, foster innovation in engineering, and address the increased demand for better nutrition. We must safeguard and sustain this essential public-private partnership that keeps our nation globally competitive and promotes economic growth and job creation.


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Last Friday I was invited to sketch at a special event in Woodland, just north of Davis, called 'Art Farm'. It is an event organized by Yolo Arts, held at Gallery 625, right by the courthouse in downtown Woodland (do you know, in seven years exactly of living in Davis I have never once been to downtown Woodland?). The main exhibit and auction (or Art Harvest) was made up of exceptional works of art by local artists, many of which were painted on location at farms around yolo county. These are organized monthly plein-air meetings called the Art & Ag Project – I'd been told about them before, but haven't participated msyelf. Anyway, I was kindly invited to come and record the event in my particular sketching way, and for three solid hours I got to work.
I was asked specifically to draw the table above, Good Humus, and it was such a colourful and friendly thing to draw. However, I did have to use every single one of my urban sketching skills to get this drawing. I had only a tiny spot of space, and I was sketching in a larger watercolour pad, surrounded by art-loving people carrying wine-glasses and plates and queuing up for arugula salad. I used x-ray vision to see through people for the stall, drawing it piece by piece as best as I could. I had to do the colours afterwards, there being no way I could stand in that crowd with my paints, but that meant taking some serious notes and mental images. All the while, I hummed David Devant songs to myself, and chatted amiably with people from the Yolo art world; "here's my card". I'm quite ecstatic about the results. I hope they are too!
The remaining sketches were much less hectically achieved, but I bolted through them without stopping for a sip of wine or a nibble of cheese. I had been very nervous about this – my stomach was jumping about like a bag of kittens – after all it was a sketching job among some incredible artists, but as someone tweeted to me that day, "you have trained for this." I kept thinking that phrase, of course I have, I do this stuff all the time. I stayed focused and relaxed, smiled, spoke freely where needed but didn't get sidetracked. I missed a lot of the live auction – it was just too crowded, but at least I'd drawn the gallery exhibit before the people came – and I sat on the floor to draw the autumnal display at the entrance with the beloved brown pen. I managed a couple more people sketches too, one of Fred Manas, who tried to tempt me back into red-meat with his sausages (I declined, but I'm sure they are very nice), and the band's very soulful singer Tessie, pink-haired and with Day-of-the-Dead make-up, who I captured very quickly halfway through their last number. The wine glass wasn't mine, i was drawing someone else's dregs, but thought it a nice way to close it out. On the whole this was a fun evening, I saw some familiar faces, and I am really glad to have been invited to be involved.
And then I had to get home, and that is a whole 'nother story. I might even write a comic about it, called "Running Frantically in the Dark". Not to worry, it ends with me finally getting home and having some noodles for a midnight dinner, but I think next time I do something like this out of town I will have them call me a cab…


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Ha Long Bay is located 170 km from the city of Hanoi. It is a famous site with interesting karst structure, which is part of the UNESCO Heritage List and is also included in the List of the World Natural Wonders. Ha Long Bay is translated in English as the Descending Dragons Bay and it consists of as many as 1969 islands.
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There are two basic forms of skiing: Very popular is downhill skiing, which is called Abfahrtsschi in German, and it is probably quite damaging to the environment. The other form is cross-country skiing, which is Langlaufschi in German. It is supposed to be more environmentally-friendly (umweltfreundlich), and it is more exhausting from my experience, but supposed to be an old people´s sport.
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CROMWELL -- Jim Calhoun says he was in the shower at 7 a.m. last week when the phone rang.
It was Connecticut's new head coach, Kevin Ollie, seeking advice on how to handle some red tape with the admissions office.
The 70-year-old Calhoun retired as a coach last month, but he hasn't stepped away from UConn. Instead, he is carving out a new role at the school as a fundraiser, an advocate for UConn basketball, and a mentor to Ollie, his hand-picked successor who has never held a head coaching job at any level.
"I'm not going away," Calhoun said Monday as he appeared with Ollie at a local chamber of commerce breakfast in Cromwell. "The state of Connecticut, you've got me for life."
Calhoun said he plans to travel with the team for its season-opening game against Michigan State in Germany and for a November tournament in the Virgin Islands. But at 6-foot-5, the Hall-of-Fame coach said he also knows he casts a large shadow. He said his biggest problem will be making sure he doesn't overshadow what is now Ollie's program.
To that end, Calhoun said he won't be on the floor for UConn's traditional "First Night" celebration to open practice, and he doesn't want to attend most games. He joked that sometime in the dead of winter, perhaps when UConn is playing Syracuse, he plans to send Ollie some sand from a tropical location.
"It's all fun and games right now," Calhoun said after the breakfast appearance, where he was the featured speaker and Ollie gave only brief remarks. "But pretty soon, you and I both know, first time we don't play well or something, if I'm sitting right there, It's just not a good thing."
One of Calhoun's main tasks will be helping to raise the money for UConn's planned $40 million basketball training center. The school has raised $22 million so far, and needs $32 million to break ground.
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And Ollie, who played point guard for Calhoun from 1991-95, said he's not worried about his former coach's shadow.
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Abbreviations : Report Help
S. M Valles, Y Chen, A. E Firth, D. M. A Guérin, Y Hashimoto, S Herrero, J. R de Miranda and E Ryabov
Edited by Nick J. Knowles and Peter Simmonds
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Valles, S.M., Chen, Y., Firth, A.E., Guérin, D.M.A., Hashimoto, Y., Herrero, S., de Miranda, J.R., Ryabov, E., and ICTV Report Consortium. 2017, ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iflaviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98, 527–528.
Iflaviridae is a family of small non-enveloped viruses with RNA genomes of approximately 9-11 kilobases in length encoding a single polyprotein (Table 1.Iflaviridae). All members infect arthropod hosts with the majority infecting insects. Beneficial and pest insects serve as hosts and infections can be symptomless (Nilaparvata lugens honeydew virus 1), cause developmental abnormalities (deformed wing virus, Varroa destructor virus 1, sacbrood virus), behavioural changes (deformed wing virus, Varroa destructor virus 1, slow bee paralysis virus, sacbrood virus) and premature mortality (deformed wing virus, Varroa destructor virus 1, slow bee paralysis virus, infectious flacherie virus, sacbrood virus) (van Oers 2010).
Table 1.Iflaviridae. Characteristics of members of the family Iflaviridae.
Typical member
infectious flacherie virus (AB000906), species Infectious flacherie virus, genus Iflavirus
Non-enveloped, 22-30 nm diameter virions
9-11 kb of positive-sense, non-segmented RNA
Cytoplasmic within viral replication complexes formed from a variety of host cellular membranes
Directly from genomic RNA containing an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)
Host Range
Member of the order Picornavirales; >10 species in the single genus Iflavirus
Virions are roughly spherical and exhibit icosahedral symmetry with a diameter of 22–30 nm. Virions have no envelope and no distinctive surface structures (Figure 1.Iflaviridae).
Figure 1.Iflaviridae. (Left) Surface view of the virion of infectious flacherie virus along a five-fold axis reconstructed by cryo-electron microscopy. The bar represents 10 nm (courtesy of J. Hong). (Right) Negative contrast electron micrograph of isometric particles of an isolate of infectious flacherie virus. The bar represents 100 nm (courtesy of H. Bando).
Virions have a buoyant density of between 1.29 and 1.38 g ml−1 in CsCl. Deformed wing virus and Varroa destructor virus 1 are unstable in isolation.
Virions contain one molecule of linear, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA approximately 9–11 kilobases in length containing a single large open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polyprotein of approximately 3,000 amino acids. A genome-linked virus protein, VPg, is covalently attached to the 5′ end of the genomic RNA and the 3' terminus is polyadenylated. The untranslated regions (UTRs) flanking both ends of the ORF vary in size according to species.
All proteins arise by proteolytic cleavage of the single polyprotein. Mature virions contain three major structural proteins (VP1, VP2 and VP3) generally between 28 and 44 kDa. The structural proteins are present in the N-terminal region of the polyprotein (Figure 2.Iflaviridae). A fourth smaller capsid protein (VP4) of around 4–12 kDa has been reported in some species and is located in the second position of the capsid precursor coding region. Minor quantities of the uncleaved precursors have been reported for some species. Non-structural proteins involved in replication and polyprotein processing are present in the C-terminal region of the polyprotein. The non-structural proteins include an RNA helicase (Gorbalenya et al., 1988), a 3C-like cysteine protease (Ye et al., 2012), and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (Koonin and Dolja 1993), which are found in this order (Figure 2.Iflaviridae). Each of the non-structural proteins exhibits conserved, defining domains (van Oers 2010).
Figure 2.Iflaviridae. Genome structure of infectious flacherie virus. The genome encodes a single polyprotein that is auto-catalytically cleaved into three major structural proteins (VP1, VP2, VP3) and non-structural proteins used in replication. The 5′ end of the genome carries a covalently linked protein, VPg, which plays an important role in RNA replication and the 3′ terminus of the genome is polyadenylated. The structural proteins are encoded in the 5′-proximal region of the genome and the non-structural proteins in the 3′-proximal region. The capsid proteins, arranged in the order VP2-VP4-VP3-VP1, are preceded by a short leader protein (L). The approximate positions of the helicase (Hel), protease (Pro) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domains are shown.
Iflaviruses possess single-stranded, positive-sense, non-segmented RNA genomes with a single ORF. The ORF is translated directly into a polyprotein that is subsequently processed to yield structural/capsid (N-terminal region) and non-structural (C-terminal region) proteins. Replication occurs in the host cell cytoplasm. The capsid proteins, arranged in the order of VP2-VP4-VP3-VP1, are often preceded by a short leader protein (L) of unknown function that is removed from VP2 before capsid assembly. VP4 is analogous to VP4 present in some dicistroviruses and in the case of infectious flacherie virus (IFV) is present as a minor structural component of the capsid. The non-structural proteins include an RNA helicase, a 3C-like cysteine protease, and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (Figure 2.Iflaviridae). Translation initiation has been reported to be mediated by a 5'UTR IRES in many iflaviruses, which is likely a common mechanism in the genus (Ongus et al., 2006, Lu et al., 2007). The viral RNA is infectious and serves as both genomic and viral mRNA. Mechanisms of polyprotein processing and the effects on host cell macromolecular synthesis during infection have not been well studied for the members of this family.
All member viruses have been isolated from arthropods. The host range of most members has not been examined. However, the honeybee iflaviruses, deformed wing virus, Varroa destructor virus 1, slow bee paralysis virus, and sacbrood virus have been shown to infect other Apis species, as well as several Bombus species. Deformed wing virus and Varroa destructor virus 1 also infect bee-parasitic mites (Varroa and Tropilaelaps spp.). Vertical and sexual transmission has been reported in the honey bee for deformed wing virus and Varroa destructor virus 1. The most common route of infection among the iflaviruses is through ingestion of virus-contaminated food sources. Trophallaxis in social insects facilitates intra-colonial virus dispersal. Deformed wing virus, Varroa destructor virus 1, and slow bee paralysis virus can also be vectored to honeybees by parasitic mites (Varroa and Tropilaelaps genera). In addition to the gut, gonads, fat body, muscle, brain and glandular tissues also have been shown to be a target for several iflaviruses. Once the virus gains entry to the host cell, the infection process is rapid with progeny virus being produced in hours.
Honeybee viruses in the genus are serologically distinct from each other. There are no known serological relationships between the other members of the genus.
Ifla: siglum derived from the type species, Infectious flacherie virus.
Sequence identity at the amino acid level between the capsid proteins of isolates and strains of a species is above 90%.
Phylogenetic analysis of the complete translated genomes of iflaviruses show that a number of distinct clades exist. These will be likely separated taxonomically into different genera in the near future as more virus sequences become available (Figure 3.Iflaviridae). There does not appear to be an obvious host-based evolutionary relationship because each clade is composed of viruses infecting hosts from different insect orders.
Figure 3.Iflaviridae. Mid-point rooted phylogenetic tree. Peptide sequences were aligned with MUSCLE (Edgar 2004), and a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo based phylogenetic tree produced with MrBayes (Ronquist et al., 2012) sampling across the default set of fixed amino acid rate matrices, with 5 million generations, discarding the first 25% as burn-in. Node labels indicate posterior probabilities. Accession numbers and virus names are provided on the tree; viruses belonging to existing Iflavirus species are in blue font while unclassified isolates are in black. This phylogenetic tree and corresponding sequence alignment are available to download from the Resources page.
Family Iflaviridae is a member of the order Picornavirales. Iflaviruses share properties with other members of the order (Dicistroviridae, Marnaviridae, Picornaviridae, and Secoviridae), including three replication proteins (helicase, protease, RNA dependent RNA polymerase), non-enveloped icosahedral virions of approximately 30 nm diameter, presence of a small VPg protein at the 5' terminus, and a polyadenylated 3' terminus.
Virus name
Accession number
Virus abbreviation
Bombyx mori iflavirus
Brevicoryne brassicae virus*
Ceratitis capitata iflavirus 1
Ceratitis capitata iflavirus 2
Formica exsecta virus 2
Graminella nigrifrons virus 1
Halyomorpha halys virus
Heliconius erato iflavirus
king virus
kinkell virus
La Jolla virus
Laodelphax striatella honeydew virus 1
Laodelphax striatellus iflavirus 2
moku virus
Nilaparvata lugens honeydew virus 2
Nilaparvata lugens honeydew virus 3
Osiphanes invirae iflavirus 1
Thaumetopoea pityocampa iflavirus 1
Since only one genus (Iflavirus) is currently recognized in the family Iflaviridae, the family description above corresponds to the genus description. For clarity, the additional information that can be found on the genus page is also presented below.
Sequence identity at the amino acid level between the capsid proteins of isolates and strains of a species is above 90%. Note that, by this definition, Laodelphax striatella honeydew virus 1 and Laodelphax striatellus iflavirus 2 (related, unclassified species) are the same species. The Iflaviridae family is expanding rapidly and will likely undergo revision in the near future.
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Well, I thought I felt it coming and I was right - though not right enough to slow down earlier than today. This morning I woke up and my plantar fascia in my left foot was absolutely killing me. I walked around and stretched my calves for a while hoping it would relax a bit.
After the drive to the gym the pain was mostly gone. I did a very slow mile and called it quits for the day. It actually was feeling better after I ran, but I think that might aggravate it more than help it right now. I stuck a water bottle in the freezrer here at work to hopefully ice massage it later today.
I know the routine - rest, stretch, massage with golf ball, ice massage, but the real problem I have is in the morning. It really hurts when I step out of bed - anyone have any tips for helping out while I am sleeping (aside from spending a hudnred dollars on some boot thingee I saw on the net).
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I never get out of bed without first writing the alphabet in the air with my toes. It loosens things up so it doesn't hurt to walk.
Yup, I write the alphabet, then do 10 circles in each direction and then 10 points and flexes. I should do it all the time, but I tend to only do it when PF or achilles is flaring.
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
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Run barefoot.
Wear Strasbourg socks at night.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
The yoga morning thing would be after the foot circles Take your foot in your hand. Hold just above the ankle with both hands and shake, totally relaxing the ankle and letting your foot flop around. Lace the fingers of the opposite hand through the toes like you were clasping hands. Use the hand to point and flex the foot while stretching the toes focusing on pointing and flexing the ball of the foot. Then take the hand and make a fist and drag the knuckles down the arch of the foot to massage the foot.
Run barefoot.
Wear Strasbourg socks at night.
Hey, Trent - I thought the BF running thing was for PREVENTING PF, not treating it. Thought the fascia needed some non-stress time in order to relax and get back to normal.
BTW, I saw something that looked like Strasbourg socks at Walgreens the other day...
Wear Strasbourg socks at night.
Had to Google that. Interesting.
Hey, Trent - I
thought the BF running thing was for PREVENTING PF, not treating it.
Thought the fascia needed some non-stress time in order to relax and
get back to normal.
Hey, Trent - I
thought the BF running thing was for PREVENTING PF, not treating it.
Thought the fascia needed some non-stress time in order to relax and
get back to normal.
I have found that I feel better after BF running. And worse after shod running.
Had to Google that. Interesting.
Yeah, cool sutff eh? They work for most folks.
Why can you not sleep in regular socks?
Because my feet turn into little furnaces at night. No joke I can be camping in 40 degree weather and I have to have my feet out of the sleeping bag.
Thanks - tried the writing the alphabet thing this morning and it wasnt nearly as painful stepping out of bed.
I am going to do a mile again today because I am supposed to run 7 tomorrow morning with some friends I am trainign for a HM.
I also iced it with a frozen water bottle last night and actually did the alphabet thing a few times when I woke up in the night. I am hoping I can keep this under control before it gets out of hand - maybe just stick to one milers this week to rest it up.
I keep looking at those socks in the running store, but I cant even sleep in normal socks, I imagine in about 20 minutes of tossing and turning those things would end up under the bed.
I'm with you. Being the menopausal furnace that I am, I manage to lose every article of clothing throughout the night. I do the abc thing & some extra stretching, but morning does suck. Switching from Brooks to Saucony's helped some too (much more cushion in the Saucony's).
And my PF is in both feet. I'm having a hard time spending that much on socks. I keep using the ice bottle & the golf ball. I need to quit being cheap & try the socks!


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An award given for those who have demonstrated and given consistent service to the kingdom and/or kingdom branches.
This award sometimes carried with it an Award of Arms. When Artemisia became a kingdom, this award was re-created as the Golden Pillar. The name was taken from ancient Greece, one source of the word "Artemisia." Companions of this order may place the initials CPA after their names.
From the President's Oct 2007 report
Persona Theft and False Awards and Honors.
I find myself compelled to use this space to speak to the membership about a fairly rare problem that has tripled in quantity and directly detracts from the inherent value of the entire system of Theatrical reenactment and recognition of excellence that flavor so much of the Society.
I refer here to the growing number of cases where we find someone either claiming to be possessed of the titles of a peer/noble/notable person - or outright stealing/borrowing the persona and titles of a person who labored long and hard for the honors and reputation being so casually nicked.
No sense of fame or positive regard is worth the ignominious and final demise that awaits the SCA career of anyone we catch doing this. And they are always caught.
I do not write of this problem and ask the membership to teach our new folk the value of earning honors as opposed to sneakily claiming them because I worry the perpetrators will get away with the caper. They will not.
I worry about the disheartening impact on the members and participants who work with good souls, a sound conscience, and can lose faith in what we are and seek to do when they encounter such crass thievery.
This growing problem will be stemmed by the swift and final treatment of those caught in the act of persona theft/false honors - that is my job and I am all over it. It will also be eased by teaching our new folk what the path to recognition is and encouraging them to walk upon it.
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Best Photos of the Week – Crazy Hats, Tight Roping, and More
It's time once again for the best photos of the week. We have some intense competition photos (horse racing and dog surfing), some crazy fashions to wear to those competitions (though a feather hat may not be the best choice for the dog surfing) and some pics of celebrities, though epic, we never really wanted to see. Plus, the muscular alien from 'Prometheus' without his make-up on. Check out the photos below.
Prince William Thinks Rhino Poachers Are "Ignorant"
What Do You Wear To the royal ascot horse race?
And This…
Meet the Man Underneath the 'Prometheus' Alien Costume
Olympic Torch Bearer Proposes to His Girlfriend
Nik Wallenda Tight Ropes Across Niagra Falls
1960s Schoolgirl is a Leo DiCaprio Look-alike
Alec Baldwin Goes Pant-less on Television
Doggie Shredding in Surfing Competition
If Nicolas Cage and a Cat had a Baby
Old School Cool


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I was surprised that no one stepped forward to record that Antiques Roadshow segment for you... I tried to do it but was not able to catch it streaming... it is a flash video, and I'm not up on that stuff.
I am more than glad to try to get it for you, though... if you could suggest a program to capture the flash, I would be happy to download it, edit it, and email it to you... or some other method you might suggest.
It would be my pleasure... I'm an old man, ha ha, but still like to tinker with software.
Hey man, when are you going to write a book?? Your IOW transcription is brilliant!
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Edwin L. Aguirre
The discovery of a rare, endangered spider in a small, underground cave at a highway construction site in San Antonio, Texas, has put the $15 million project on hold indefinitely, until biologists can complete their studies.
The small, eyeless Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (scientific name: Cicurina venii), which is no bigger than a dime, is endemic to the area and has not been seen in more than three decades until now.
Some people might ask: Is a tiny spider really worth stopping a multimillion-dollar construction project that would benefit tens of thousands of commuters daily and bring jobs and economic development to the region?
"It really depends on how much one values unique species," says biology Asst. Prof. Jessica Garb.
An expert on the molecular evolution and systematic biology of spiders, Garb has been studying spider venom and silk for nearly two decades.
"Unusual ecosystems, like caves, are well-known for harboring unique species and these are highly threatened habitats, so it is likely that by destroying the cave, it may threaten or endanger other species as well," explains Garb. "It's probably worth investigating very thoroughly what else is in this cave in addition to this spider species before destroying it, so the value of what will be lost is well understood."
She says it could be possible to relocate the spider (assuming there are more to be found), but one would have to find a suitable habitat.
"This also brings up the question of how much manipulation of natural environments is appropriate or desirable," she notes.
If constructing a bypass route would prove to be not feasible or too costly, are there any other options available?
"I have no idea," says Garb. "My guess is the spider is probably going to lose this one, but I could be wrong!"
It is possible that the highway project, which started in April, could be scrapped altogether if the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service determines it would threaten the creature's critical habitat.
This is not the first time wildlife and progress have collided. For example, the construction of the Mount Graham International Observatory in southeastern Arizona in the late 1980s was delayed due to concerns about the adverse impact it would have on the forest habitat of the critically endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrel, which is endemic to the region. Construction of the telescope complex eventually proceeded as planned, and the facility has since been required to monitor the squirrel community near the observatory to determine if its operations are having any negative effects on the rodents' population.


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Can losing weight be depressing?
I know that my moods were tied to the scale and yes, when the scale didn't reveal what I wanted to see, it was depressing.
The depression didn't last long because after I stepped on the scale I waited for my Weight Watchers meeting to begin.
Sometimes something funny would happen in the meeting.
There was the time one attractive woman wanted to celebrate her progress. She exclaimed, "I love the hole between my legs!"
Nobody knew how to react. "Did she really just say that?"
Then she realized what she said, so she tried to explain further. Her choice of words were as unfortunate as the first time.
"You know," she said red-faced, "when you bend over and look up and see that hole?"
By now some of us figured out she was talking about the gap between her thighs and her delight that they no longer rubbed against each other. We were laughing at what she really was celebrating and how funny the words she used to explain it were.
When we all stopped laughing the leader asked for more celebrations.
Another member said she lost two pounds and she started walking.
The leader asked, "on a treadmill?"
"No, I walk the streets!"
We were all roaring again.
Was this a Weight Watchers meeting or a Sex Anonymous meeting?
From celebrations we moved on to talk about strategies to overcome the challenges of changing our behaviors to support our weight-related goal.
It didn't matter that we were about as diversified as a group of people could be insofar as age, interest, family life, job experience, race and religion. When it came to the struggles we faces with managing our weight we could all relate to each other.
The leader would present a topic that was universal to all of us. We all knew about setbacks and lapses and we knew that they could (maybe even had) stopped us from reaching our goals. They're two things that can be very depressing when losing weight.
We talked about the things associated with lapses and setbacks that depressed us.
As we shared about how lapses and setbacks made us feel, the leader recorded all our replies.
- They take away our confidence.
- It's hard to recover.
- They make us feel like a failure.
- We give up and we gain back the weight we lost
Then the leader asked, "what would happen if you could bounce back?"
She recorded those responses too.
- It would minimize the damage.
- It's empowering.
- We would be sure we could get to goal.
- We could learn from the experience and it would help us avoid it in the future.
She wrapped up the focused discussion on lapses and setbacks by pointing to the ways that setbacks and lapses depress us.
She said that lapses and setbacks happen to everybody. The more negative messages we give ourselves the bigger and more destructive they become.
Then she pointed to what would happen if we bounced back from a setback.
She said the best way to bounce back is to have a plan.
It's a simple plan. It's do something that indicates you're back on track and the episode is over. It can be taking out your tracker and getting right back to tracking. It can be having some fruit for a snack. It can be going for a walk. It can be any easy, little thing that helps us feel that we regained control
Her final words as we left the meeting were,
"Focus on what you can do, not what you wish you didn't do!"
It's true that losing weight can be depressing, but depending on how you go about losing weight, it's also true that losing weight can be hilarious!


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Your front brake might save your life!
This article on using your bicycle's front brake article should be considered a must-read for all cyclists. It's great to have 3rd-party validation of something I've been talking to customers about for years. I cannot tell you how many times I'm replacing the 3rd or 4th set rear brake pads on road bikes and the front pads are the original and untouched. How many accidents have occurred, and possibly even lives lost, because cyclists didn't know they could stop in ¼ (or less!) of the distance they think they can? Different rules apply if it's raining or wet, of course. And a hard grab of your front brake on gravel isn't a good idea either. But on normal dry pavement, where most of us ride 98.5% of the time, it's your front brake that is going to save you.
It's tough to sell because some are so concerned they're going to go over the handlebars, a scenario rarely actually caused by the front brake but more often something else (front wheel digging into a pothole, too much weight forward of the center of the bike when encountering an obstacle etc). The way I get people over the hurdle, with some success, is to suggest using only their front brake on a very gentle grade. Keep the speed down. Maybe descending Alpine from Portola Valley towards Arastradero. A non-critical environment where you don't have to apply a lot of brake to slow down or stop.
The other thing missed out on when you don't use a front brake is the effect it has on maneuvering. If you're leaning over, going through a turn, and apply the front brake, it will try to straighten you out. That's a tool you can use to change your line in a hurry if need be.
Your bike may be capable of a lot more than you think!
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"I will never forget the personalized attention I received from USC Price faculty. I cherish it to this day."Shubaroop Ghosh, MUP '02
Vice President of Data Services, ImageCat, Inc.
USC has a very large and distinguished group of faculty. Many of them are very well known by virtue of their publications and leadership activities.
What you learn today at USC will be found in many textbooks in 10 years. This knowledge may become an established part of planning practice, or a vital part of public policy, even sooner.
At USC, the faculty teach the required courses as well as electives, not graduate students serving as TAs. Here we place a strong emphasis on direct contact between the students and our faculty.
The following faculty teach in the Master of Planning program. Additional faculty not listed teach in the Ph.D. program or other programs of the school.
Deepak Bahl
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Vinayak Bharne
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Jan Breidenbach
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Grace Dyrness
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James Kushner
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Robert Manford
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John Perfitt
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With so many desktop applications out there for twitter so that I can feed my habit,I wanted to
enable you review my top 4. I have used many, these stand out. I am still on the search for the perfect solution...and I like to play with tech. So, here goes:
Power Twitter is an add-on for Firefox. I used to use this, and it is quite good. It augments the twitter web page, so you actually access twitter through the web page. But some of the things that Power Twitter allows you to do:
- see links as actual names of links, huge plus because of the twitter vulnerabilities that were exploited a few months ago.
- has embedded media, both pictures and video..no need to click the links to see it, it shows up in your stream
- does not have search
- does not have groups or columns, it is straight twitter web interface
- mouseover avatars for recent tweets
I like Power Twitter, and is is a good choice if your followers are quite manageable. But I found that I needed something that allowed me to organize a bit better. So I switched to TweetDeck.
- Is a stand-alone application based upon Adobe Air that you download and use on your desktop allows groups and columns according to how you set them up. You can have groups of friends, business, people who make you laugh..use your imagination
- allows searches to be incorporated into columns, so you can follow a topic site-wide, regardless of whether you follow the person. It updates automatically, just as your regular stream
- allows you to do everything with a follower simply by scrolling over the avatar. Reply, DM, Retweet, add to group, delete a tweet, everything can be done by mouseover. This, in my opinion, is the best feature of TweetDeck. Fast, and easy.
- Allows easy color change from Settings if you don't like black background and white type. I do not.
- reply window is right at the top, where you would naturally put your mouse
- allows adding Facebook to your columns to check friends' status at a glance (does not include messages or comments on the pages)
- only allows 10 columns, so you may run out of room if you have a lot of separate groups. I have over 3,000 friends 4 groups and a permanent search, and still have columns left, however
- Does NOT show link names, a weakness in my opinion
- does not have embedded media, again, a weakness
I was satisfied with TweetDeck, but some others were talking about Destroy Twitter. Faithful in relationships, I let my fickleness surface when it comes to tech toys. So I tried it.
- another stand-alone app with Adobe Air downloaded for desktop
- allows you to adjust the size by choosing regular or expanded view
- does not allow stretching of window, or a horizontal scroll bar, instead you must tab to see other columns, which I find cumbersome
- not as easy as TweetDeck to see search, you cannot have all columns showing at the same time
- colors are not as easy to change, but the Theme Builder at the site is extensive and allows you to upload your theme, and change them with ease. Once you realize where it is. Similar to Google themes
- allows exclusion of terms as well as global search
- has a beautiful user interface, artsy and well-thought out.
- supports, choice of is.gd, bit.ly, digg and migre.me, for links; for pictures: Twitgoo, TweetPhoto, TwitPic, Posterous, Mobypicture and img.ly
- I do miss the placement of the tweets window..in TweetDeck it is at the top, in Destroy Twitter it is in the left hand corner.
- also miss the ease of replies, DMs and all operations through mouseover on avatars like in TweetDeck
- does not convert URLs to names
- does not show media in the stream, still have to click on links in order to see pictures or video
Not able to leave well enough alone, I heard that Seesmic had an update, so I had to check that one out, too. DId I mention I am fickle?
- also a downloadable desktop client application
- only one color option that I can see, but it is readable, gray background with light blue. Still, if you don't like blue, you may not enjoy the user interface..I found the colors uninspiring
- allows creation of groups, I am told an unlimited amount
- URL, image and shrink text (shorten URLS) buttons at the top, under the reply window
- support for multiple accounts (yay!) at the same time. This is huge!
- Facebook support
- can stretch window to the size you want
- has referenced tweets, underneath it mentions who the reply was to
- each column is a different color; in the future, being able to choose your own colors would be handy
- media also not shown in stream, must click on URLs to see it
- has the icons on the avatar, like TweetDeck. Love this feature, it is intuitive
- can drag columns into the order you want them. Also a great feature
- search is very easy, with a text box at the top right
- easy to add search columns, also
- cuuute (via my son) raccoon icon
Since I am reviewing these apps and I actually use them, let me tell you what I want (what I really, really want) If you
wanna be my lover want me to LOVE your twitter client:
- Give me the look of Destroy Twitter, customizable themes
- URL names and media incorporated directly into my stream, a la Power Twitter
- searchable and columns, like TweetDeck, but make the column number unlimited or at least more than TEN
- multiple accounts supported, like Seesmic
- other social media platforms supported, digg, Jaiku, Pownce, Identi.ca, and RSS, to name a few, like gwibber (which is not available unless you do Linux, but has the right ideas, anyway)
So there you have it..my take on the desktop twitter applications I have tried. What did I miss? Which one do you just get excited over??
T, who is waiting for that great app, get with it, developers!